Chapter 7

Yuna awoke slowly, still groggy and sore from walking so much. Tidus's arms were wrapped tightly around her waist. It was still very dark and very stormy. It was definitely cold but Tidus's body warmth kept her cozy. She had no idea what room she was in. 'Ti must have moved me while I was asleep.' she thought to herself. The dusty feeling of the old room made her feel like leaving but she didn't have much of a choice. 'how did we get so lost in Kilika anyways?' she thought as the thunder continued rumbling through the night. The room started to slowly come into focus in the dark and she noticed all the creepy pictures of the people with staring eyes. She looked away from them quickly. The seemed to scare her. Tidus's eyes slowly started twitching open as he felt Yuna lift up on the bed."Baby what are you doing?" he asked sitting up with her."Oh nothing Ti, go back to sleep." Yuna said sweetly."I just woke up, thats all." Tidus's hair stuck out in a mess. He rubbed his eyes trying to wake himself up. "everything okay?" he asked. She smiled at his sleepiness and concern."yes, Im fine." He looked around the room in a groggy state, shrugged a little, and laid back against the pillows again. Yuna's eyes continued to scan the room. Her eyes stopped. Her heat skipped a little. One of the pictures of people with staring eyes now had thier eyes closed. She continued in a dazed state to examine the picture. She knew it's eyes had been open before. She was scared and shook Tidus. "Ti, Ti, Get up!" She pleaded for him to wake. He layed there, apparently unconsious. She shook him harder now her voice growing louder."Tidus, Im serious, wake up!" He didnt budge. He just layed there as if he didnt know she existed. Yuna felt the presence of a figure behind her. Beside the bed. She felt its breathing extremely too close to her for comfort. She screamed for Tidus to wake up as the dark figure neared even closer. It reached out towards her throught the dark. It lightly touched her shoulder, its hands cold as death."TIDUS!" she screamed trowing herself halfway across the bed.

Tidus sat up fast as lightning to respond to a scream. He looked around the room wildly as he noticed Yuna screaming in her sleep. "Baby, What's wrong?" he asked her with concern. "Are you allright?" Yuna looked around her. The figure gone. The room dark once more. 'It was a dream', she thought in a confused manner.' I dreamed it all.' She looked at the picture, it's eyes were once again,open. Yuna lifted up on the bed."Baby what are you doing?" he asked sitting up with her."Oh nothing Ti, go back to sleep." Yuna said worriedly."I just woke up, thats all." Tidus's hair stuck out in a mess. He rubbed his eyes trying to wake himself up. "everything okay?" he asked. He looked around the room in a groggy state, shrugged a little, and laid back against the pillows again. "Wait,' thought Yuna. 'This just happened earlier before the pictures eyes closed in my dream. JUST like this.' She looked up anxiously, the same way that a person on trail does as he awaits his sentence. The pictures eyes were still open as ever. Yuna sighed loudly, happy that the pictures eyes weren't closed. "Tidus?" she asked looking back at him. He opened his eyes. "Yeah?" he asked looking at her. "Nothing." she smiled. "just checking on you." He smiled back and pulled her small body down against his. "Good." he said closing his eyes. "Lets get some sleep." She nodded, a little hesitant about going back to sleep."Ti?" she asked again. "Yeah?" he answered. "What did you do with that guy?" She looked up into his eyes. "Umm... we couldnt find where we had left him." he said. "Now go to sleep and quit worrying yourself to death." She nodded and laid back down against him. 'He lied.' her mind told her. Tidus's head churned with stressful thoughts. Him and Gippal had actually found where they had left the guy but... The guy hadn't been there.

Rikku's eyes slowly opened against the warmth of Gippal's bare chest. She scrunched her eyebrows in confusion. Opera music floated slowly up from somewhere downstairs and filled the room with a scratchy sound. She picked her head up from his body, and he sighed in his sleep turning his head. She listened intently as the music continued to wail through the old house. It was horrible old music, sounding as if it were coming from a record player of sorts. It creeped Rikku out. She once again slid out from under the covers and tiptoed quietly across the room. As she stepped out into the cold hall, the music's wailing grew louder and more horrible. She crossed her arms in front of her and started walking loudly down the stairs, their creaking harmonizing with the old record players song. The house was growing colder and colder it seemed. She came out onto the giant floor of the foyer as she crossed the room and headed in the direction of the musics playing. It led her straight to the livingroom. Everything that Rikku could see was covered in sheets besides the one record player which cascaded against the Victorian window it was in front of. The record wailed and wailed as the woman on the recording continued to sing. Rikku covered her ears. She hated that music. She paced over to the record player, the sound now unbearable, and with a screech cut it off. It stopped and she sighed glad that the music had stopped. She looked around her in the dark. The old house still had a ghostly feel. She shook her head a little and creaked back up the stairs and into the bedroom her and Gippal were sharing. She curled back up against him under the covers and began dreaming of Bikanel's sandy desert.

Dreaming

Rikku walked up to her tent. It was a hot day and this machina was driving her mad. "Gosh this part is so hard!" she complained stepping out of the sun and into the tent. She set the machina down on the bench she had set up inside her tent. She pulled her goggles off her eyes and placed the on top of her head as she examined the machina."I can do this." said Rikku to herself. "I know this stuff." She tinkered with it some more until she heard a familiar voice. It made her stomach turn with delight and nervousness, for she had to tell him something she thought she would never have to.She turned around with a smile. Gippal's eye locked into her's. "Hey there Cid's girl! Whatch'a got here?" He asked curiously , though more intrested in Rikku. She looked him over her gaze travelling from his dirt covered and still handsome face to his dirt covered body. "you look hot." She said noticing him sweating. "Thanks Cid's girl! You do too." he said looking her over. "I meant that in a serious way Gip." she said crossing the room to hug him."What is this?" he asked surprised."Cid's girl actually showing affection towards me?" He said with that devilishly hot grin of his."Of course silly!"she answered, unphased."We are going out ya know?" yeah" he answered happily."We are arent we?" She lightly punched him on the shoulder. She looked away suddenly, her smile turning into a frown. Gippal noticed. "Hey now Cid's girl, no frowning!" He said pulling her sand-covered body towards him. She looked up at him, her amazing green eyes full of concern. "Gip, I really dont think this is working out, between you working and me working... It's just hard not to worry about you." She looked away quickly, waiting for the response. He let go of her suddenly. This was going to be worse than she had thought. "What do you mean? Ive tried the hardest I can to come and see you every oppurtunity I get! Ive been trying to even work over here occasionally! What do you mean it's not 'Working'?"He said, becoming upset. "Rikku, we just started going back out two months ago, and your giving up already? You know what Cid's Girl... nevermind. I shouldve known this would happen." He spun around storming out of the tent before Rikku could even get an answer out. Rikku stood in quiet awe as it hit her. Wow. She'd just broken up with him again.

Rikku woke from her dream. 'The same dream again' she thought sleepily.'why can I not stop thinking about it?' She felt Gippal's smooth skin against her face as she slowly sat up, straightning out her messy hair. The sun played across the bedrooms wooden floors and lit up the whole room. Rikku realized how old this place really was. They had slept in some child's room the old toys, throw down and forgotten. Dolls leaning crooked on shelves, there eyes empty. Teddy bears lying useless on the floor. The whole room was unused and dirty.'Hmmmm' she thought deviously.'Guess me and Yunie will have to clean this place up!' she said happily. "Gippal." she whispered as she shook him. He groaned and rolled over, pulling the covers over his head. She smiled at his handsome body, the sunlight from the window landing softly on his skin. She scratched his bare back lightly to wake him."Gip, get up it's morning." He rolled over and opened his one eye, rubbing the sleep out of it. She smiled there at him. He smiled back. She looked away. He ran his hand through his messy blond hair. "Goodmorning Sunshine." he said sitting up to sit beside her. "morning." she answered simply. She jumped up out of bed, her sudden burst of energy surprising him. "Ok sleepy, what do you want for breakfast?" his smile widened as he realized the words she'd said. "Cid's Girl is suddenly cooking for me now?" he asked cocking his eyebrow. She eyed him. "Yeah so!" she stuck her nose in the air and turned from him. "Ok, if you dont want it..." she started for the door. "Eggs and bacon slave dog." he said getting up also. "Hey buddy!" she said smiling and bouncing out the door.